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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch
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as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own
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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch
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as in discontinued
to stop doing (something) permanently
marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago
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Recent Examples of abandoned
Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
In April 1848, the surviving crew abandoned the vessels and tried escaping on foot and by dragging boats across the Arctic terrain, but no one survived.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
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Adjective
Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
The university did not provide the budget and the effort was abandoned.
—Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
In April 1848, the surviving crew abandoned the vessels and tried escaping on foot and by dragging boats across the Arctic terrain, but no one survived.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
Adjective
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One ship sank, one deserted, and the others spent weeks getting beaten up by the sea near Baffin Island before finally making it ashore to establish a mining camp, the ruins of which are still visible.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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Bro, being deserted on a deserted island back in the fifties is way different than nowadays.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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There is a lot of time left in the offseason and the rush to blow small developments or highlights out of proportion this time of year runs rampant across the league.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
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In it, however, Martin Bech Holte, an economist and former head of the consultancy firm McKinsey in Norway, did not suggest curbing rampant levels of inequality — recently reported to be at 1912 levels — or otherwise restore the country to some social democratic golden age.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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These men considered the loss of control that such behavior implied-an animal urge indulged by weak men lacking the courage to fight other men directly-to be shameful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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The show was cancelled after that season, when Barr posted a tweet comparing Barack Obama's former adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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The United Kingdom’s Home Office canceled travel permits belonging to Piker, 34, and Turkish-American broadcaster and attorney Cenk Uygur.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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As part of the restructuring, the school will go from four colleges to two, has discontinued over a dozen academic programs, and paused most doctoral admissions.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Doja Cat is most likely referring to voice notes, or the audio post feature, which seemed to be discontinued on X sometime in early 2025, according to user posts complaining that the feature had been removed.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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For months, the fighters had been quietly clearing a disused water tunnel just over 2 miles long, deep behind enemy lines in the countryside around Aleppo.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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It is already known that it will be located on the grounds of a disused former nursery and will include a large pond with a pergola.—
Valentine Ulgu-Servant,
Vanity Fair,
14 Apr. 2026
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The industry has been well aware of the risks of the types of chemical accidents that can lead to a thermal runaway reaction, posing the risk of an explosion.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Police in Waco, Texas, found themselves in an unusually bouncy pursuit to recapture a runaway kangaroo.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Ureña surrendered one run on five hits in six innings for the Angels (22-36).—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Johnson’s second home run, his 14th of the season, came off UCLA star closer Easton Hawk, who had surrendered just three home runs this season.—
Mercury News staff,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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